Volume 12, No.3, Aug. 2001
A Difference Between Bulls and Goats
While religious Jews the world over look forward to the Atonement Day, Christians view the sacrifice of Jesus Christ as the beginning of that day. The purpose of that day is to make atonement with the LORD. On the annual Atonement Day of the Jewish Age, the high priest was to offer first a bullock {1} as a sin-offering to make atonement for himself [...]
Zechariah’s Horses
"I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white. Then said I, 0 my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will show thee what these be. And the man [...]
The Dates of Christ’s Birth, Baptism, and Crucifixion
The Scriptures contain sufficient data to enable us to accurately determine the year when Jesus was born, and also the dates of his baptism and crucifixion. The present AD date, as fixed in the 6th century by Dionysius Exiguus for the beginning of the Christian Era, is now generally recognized to be in error by those who have given the matter careful study. Ussher's [...]
Spurious Words
'And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. [For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever Amen.]' (Matthew 6:13) The bracketed words above are generally recognized as spurious by most students of the Bible. They are not in the oldest Greek manuscripts, the Sinaitic and the Vatican. Some comments by Pastor Russell are: 'The Kingdom or [...]
Symbolisms of the Great Pyramid
Descending Passage = The downward course of 'This Present Evil World' to destruction. Subterranean Chamber, or Pit = Destruction or Gehenna, that state of death from which there will be no awakening. First Ascending Passage = The Israelitish Age; or the Law Dispensation during which the nation of Israel endeavored to gain life by the works of the Law. Well-Shaft = The Ransom-sacrifice of [...]
World Population
The following tables compare the world population groups in 1999 with those of 1886 as reported in Volume One, page 16. We observe that while Muslims are the fastest growing group, Jews are the smallest and a diminishing percentage. God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty. (1 Corinthians 1:27) Download PDF